Project
Udzungwa Secondary School
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Udzungwa Secondary School is a government school located in the Kilolo district of Iringa. The school has a total of 826 students, along with 40 teachers and staff members. As with many villages and schools in Iringa, the lack of safe water for Udzungwa School is a major problem. The students currently waste a lot of time fetching water for domestic uses including drinking, cleaning, and cooking.
Students at Udzungwa are tasked to bring water to school each morning. They fetch this water from various sources on the way to and around the village, including old hand-dug wells and shallow creeks and streams. In addition, the students waste class hours later in the day fetching water which negatively impacts their school performance.
The streams and other water sources around the village are shared with livestock and are usually very polluted. Students typically end up spending more time fetching water and recovering from waterborne illnesses than they do studying. The school desperately needs access to safe water in order to meet their needs for drinking, washing hands, cooking and cleaning.
The streams and other water sources around the village are shared with livestock and are usually very polluted. Students typically end up spending more time fetching water and recovering from waterborne illnesses than they do studying. The school desperately needs access to safe water in order to meet their needs for drinking, washing hands, cooking and cleaning.
The overall objective of this project is to provide access to clean water for the students at Udzungwa Secondary School. Our implementing partner, St. Paul Partners, will install a shallow borehole well with a hand pump, located directly on the school compound. This will ensure students have access to enough safe water which will lead to more time in the classroom studying. Access to safe water will also have a significant impact on the health of the students, teachers and neighbors around the village.
